arch·dea·con 
(ärch-dēkən)
(ärch-dēkən)n.
A church official, as in the Anglican Church, who is in charge of temporal and other affairs in a diocese, with powers delegated from the bishop.
[Middle English archedeken, from Old English arcediakon, from Late Latin archidiāconus, from Late Greek arkhidiākonos : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Greek diākonos, deacon.]
arch·deacon·ate (-kə-nĭt) n.
arch·deacon·ship′ n.